ACST IB12 HISTORY  Stalin & Krushchev  KOREAN WAR  HOMEWORK: Read pp. 454-461 in 20th Century World History Course Companion---Due Wed. for Per 2 & Thurs for Per 7 The Cold War 50s-cold-war-map.jpg COLD WAR LINKS:
Berlin Blockade Video
Berlin Blockade Primary Source
The Candy BomberCold War HistoriographyOrigins of Cold War HistoriographyWho was to Blame for the Cold War--John D Clare
Table of Wartime Conferences

Kennan's Long Telegram:
George Kennan's Long Telegram
The Long Telegram--Scanned Version of Original HW #3
Read the above chapter and consider hot this info helps explain WW II given the theme and events we have studied
HW #2
Read Chapter (above) How did Hitler’s foreign policy aims and actions contribute to the start of WW II? Why did the major powers (Britain, France, Italy & USSR) react the way they did to the following events: Remilitarization of the Rhineland, Anschluss, Sudetenland, Occupation of Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? Consider each country’s aims, domestic and international, and economic situation. Be prepared for an essay that will ask you to analyze the causes of WW II using the events of 1936-1941 and thematic explanations.
HW #1
A new complete timeline is available. Please look at the events and place them in the appropriate categories for the causes of WW II that we have been studying (see the PowerPoint on Causes of WW II, which we have been using in class)


Map of German AggressionTimeline Prelude to WarEmerson Kent WW II Site The League of Nations Brief InfoHOMEWORK: Italy & Mussolini
  • Why did Mussolini Come to Power
  • World War I & Italy's Liberal Democracy
  • Political Turmoil: The Growth of the Fascists
  • Who & What were the Fascists
  • The Seizure of Power
  • Securing a Single-Party State
  • The Matteotti Crisis (1924)
  • Mussolini' Domestic Policies
  • Mussolini's Foreign Policy
  • Mussolini & the road to WW II
  • The Fall of Mussolini


Sources for Italy & Mussolini Unit Basic Background on Italy 1900-1939 (okay place to start)The Doctrine of Fascism by Benito Mussolini (1932)